https://www.newsweek.com/generation-alpha-technology-education-teachers-2076269
The demographic, born between the 2010s and the mid 2020s, is entering a world of education that is radically different than their Generation Z predecessors. Hit by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as young children, Generation Alpha is going through school at a time when technology is more ubiquitous in education than ever before.
Short attention spans, an overdependence on technology and a lack of interest in learning are all things that Generation Alpha has been accused of having.
Newsweek spoke with Elizabeth McPherson, who is known by her handle Ms Mac on TikTok. She told Newsweek by email: "There's been a noticeable shift in student engagement and accountability. Many students today appear apathetic and disconnected from their own learning, and it's not simply a matter of motivation—it's systemic.
One of the reasons for the disparity in wealth, with a small percentage controlling most of it, is the usual one - it was inherited, or some lucky guesses in stock picking years ago.
ReplyDeleteBut here's another big reason no one wants to mention: hard work.
Bottom line is that most kids are what this post described - uninterested in learning, expecting everything to be solved by a Google search, expecting everything difficult to be handled for them and completely oblivious to the beauty and complexity of the world around them.
But in that cohort there are still a few kids with old style initiative. Those kids will do the work and achieve their rewards and the rewards that the lazy kids should've gotten. And that will just increase the disparity.